Can You "Express Yourself" Without Showing Your Face?

YouTube offers manydifferent routes to self-expression, with countless individuals sharingtheir lives on our site every day. While creativity can be its ownreward, it never hurts to receive a little recognition for yourefforts. HP's You on You project challenges YouTube users to tell yourstories in a rather unusual way, in a minute or less, without showingyour face (a theme of HP's most recent ad campaign). The best entries will be voted on by the community over afive-week period, and there are substantial cash prizes to be won, inaddition to the opportunity to showcase your talents in an online video gallery.

Does the idea of making a face-free video sound daunting? To getyour creative juices flowing, HP invited some YouTube personalities tocreate sample videos. From the digital animation of filmmakermdotstrange to AmazingPhil's stuffed toys and clay stop-motion, these are compelling examples to get you thinking about thechallenge.



You don't need to be a painter likeBrittaniLouiseTaylor or ValsArtDiary to strut your stuff. Catchndtitanlady putting her sewing skills in the spotlight oritalktosnakes simply talking about her passions. Check out this playlist to see all the samples. With these diversestorytelling styles to spark your thinking, we hope you'll be inspiredto show us something new, via HP You on You. 

Posted by Mark Day,YouTube People & Blogs